Tag: water-port
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Wells Fargo’s new CEO faces immediate test
Tim Sloan will not have much time to prepare his pitch for Wall Street. The newly installed chief executive of Wells Fargo & Co will present third-quarter results on Friday, less than 48 hours after replacing John Stumpf at the helm of the bank. Sloan's nearly 30 years with Wells, largely spent on the corporate…
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WTO cuts 2016 world trade growth forecast to 1.7 percent, cites wake-up call
The World Trade Organization cut its forecast for global trade growth this year by more than a third on Tuesday, reflecting a slowdown in China and falling levels of imports into the United States. The new figure of 1.7 percent, down from the WTO's previous estimate of 2.8 percent in April, marked the first time…